The Name Nobody Wants
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Had a next door neighbor with brown hair for a few years who moved away. A few years later, he showed up with his son, asking if they could fish in my pond. He said, "Don't you recognize me?". I didn't, until he told me his name, because he didn't have brown hair any longer. He had red hair. Turns out unbeknownst to me, when he lived next door, he dyed his hair brown, so he wouldn't get bullied for being a redhead! Apparently, in the years after he moved, the vanity & insecurity of youth grew out of him, & he didn't bother to dye it anymore. I can imagine him coming home from kindergarten, crying, from being picked on for having red hair, & his mom solving the issue by dying his hair, & he continuing to dye it into adulthood.
Red hair is probably more difficult for a boy to grow up with, than it is for a girl.
Isn't "Rusty" more of a nickname? That might not show up in the statistics?
An army surgeon told me, that he didn't like operating on redheads, because they bleed a lot more than "normal" people (Also, he found no evidence, that they had souls, even when he cut them open & looked!). ...Just kidding about the souless part, but he did say; despite not being reflected in medical literature, from his experience, redheads bled significantly more during surgery.
Rusty Staub was a beloved baseball player of the 1960s-80s, known during his time playing for Montreal as Le Grande Orange. He was also greatly beloved by teammates and fans when he played for the NY Mets for several years. He is remembered as the sort of player who chatted with fans and signed autographs, and while he was a star-quality player eventually elected to the Hall Of Fame, he was always willing to play whatever position and strategy was asked of him - no ego-based objections. If they needed him to intentionally allow himself to be out for strategic reasons, he went up to bat and hit the ball exactly where asked to and, predictably, was out - this is known in baseball as a sacrifice, it's a common tactic but many star players are unwilling to do this, thinking it harms their reputation or is somehow "below" them. Instead they'll try to hit "normally" and harm the team because the better strategy at the moment... you get the idea. He took pride in executing a sacrifice successfully, as he took pride in every aspect of the game.
He left the Mets and returned, and found that his uniform had been re-assigned. So he wore a different number the second time with the team. Stars of his standing don't need to do that, they can get their number back. They are known as much by their number as their name. A great honor upon retirement, is to retire the number - never give it out to another player, forever. Rusty wasn't bothered, it was a triviality. He just needed his uniform to fit right so it didn't impede his play - all the rest was detail.
It was generally assumed that Rusty was gay. This was when athletes couldn't say so out loud, but he gave every ambiguous signal possible and he teammates had to know. He very quietly "represented" and none of his home-team fans cared, they just loved him as a player and as a person. He wasn't a "Jackie Robinson level" trailblazer, but he did more than his bit in the day.
The name nobody wants? In some circles it's a name nobody can have: it's Retired.
@@metsfan1873 Staub means dust in German too lol.
Rusty is also sometimes a nickname for Russel, a name which also means "red."
I was coming to say that I went to high school with a guy called Rusty but his real name was Russell. He was more of a strawberry blonde than a redhead.
The one Rusty I’ve met, an old guy in a home I worked in a good 17 or so years ago, had the given name Russell. As does my brother, who my parents thought would be a redhead for some reason (he’s blond, like the rest of my dad’s side of the family). 🤷♀️
The perfect name for a traumatized boy adventurer who grew up into a washed up failure who lives in the shadow of his father and yet is a better man than him. Oh and he has a badass Polish-Swedish-Winnebago bodyguard.
Weirdly specific but yeah that's definitely what the name sounds like
and grew up in the trailer park down the road
🎵 I'm Rusty 🎵
❤😊
I was also thinking of it being the name for a sex act, that no one can seem to agree on what the exactly that is, but all descriptions disgust said washed up failure.
I once new a man named Rusty whose parents got cute - their family name was Nail.
😂😂😂😂
NAAAAAIL
I have a friend named Strawberry.
Strawberry Lemon. No joke. Hippy dippy parents.
She, of course, used her middle name from childhood.
Thing was, he wasn't even a redhead.
There was a girl in my elementary school called Brandy Flood.
Red hair is very common among domestic cats and dogs.
For humans, Rusty is mostly a nickname, not a given name.
When I saw "the name nobody wants" I was sure you were going to say Adolph. I'm certain that's a name NOBODY wants.
Same, the thumbnail was loading on celluar data
Adolph would probably be fine I assume you meant Adolf
There's a French stage play that was adopted into a movie, and later the Germans made their own adaptation. It's about a group of friends who gather for a dinner party, and one of them "secretly" tells the rest that his girlfriend and him are having a baby and that he was thinking of calling the child Adolf, which causes outrage. The thing is that despite Adolf Hitler being such a controversial figure in Germany, you can still legally name your son Adolf. There's only one catch: you have explain your reasoning, and if the officials don't like it, they'll refuse your application.
Anyway, the play\ movie is called 'Le Prénom' in French, 'Der Vorname' in German, and 'How about Adolf?' in English.
I thought the most unpopuar name that nobody wants is that name of that Austrian painter.. for obvious reasons.
Once a name gets stigmatized that much, there's no going back.
@@alidaweber1023Not even necessarily stigmatized, but sometimes a name is too ubiquitously associated with one figure for anyone else to use it anymore. You aren't going to run into kids named Kermit or Elmo anymore, even though they were relatively popular in the late 19th/early 20th centuries.
Rolf?
Edit: Ah... Austrian, not Australian.
Adolf is a cool name wdym?
In german speaking countries you don't want to have a name like Kevin eather
"You've probably heard of my name before, it's also a noun" - House
Rusty is also a nickname for Russel.
Christian would have been an adjective before a name.
The highest degree of hotness is a hot redhead. There, I said it.
Oh 100% 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The X-Men seem to agree.
exactly
Also, redheaded-ness confers extra hotness points on otherwise less hotted-ness.
Had a next door neighbor with brown hair for a few years who moved away. A few years later, he showed up with his son, asking if they could fish in my pond. He said, "Don't you recognize me?". I didn't, until he told me his name, because he didn't have brown hair any longer. He had red hair. Turns out unbeknownst to me, when he lived next door, he dyed his hair brown, so he wouldn't get bullied for being a redhead! Apparently, in the years after he moved, the vanity & insecurity of youth grew out of him, & he didn't bother to dye it anymore. I can imagine him coming home from kindergarten, crying, from being picked on for having red hair, & his mom solving the issue by dying his hair, & he continuing to dye it into adulthood.
Red hair is probably more difficult for a boy to grow up with, than it is for a girl.
As a musical fan I loved hearing the name Rusty described as having a "charming underdog quality" because that's exactly what I associate it with.
Choo choo?
It sounds like some straight laced old western cowboy or the like to me, very charming hardworking underdog.
@@DasIlluNobody can do it like a steam train!
I just want to call out Rusty Griswold (Vacation movies) and Rusty Venture (Venture Bros cartoons).
Go Team Venture!
Fun fact in Australia another nickname for people with red hair is Blue/Bluey, because of this my Dad used it when picking his email address
Do you have any idea why?
I got some making fun of in school. One joke was calling me "copper knob"
Should have pulled your knicks down and asked "Does this knob look copper to you??!!"
As an ex-redhead, now grey, I can not say that I was ever bullied about it. However, my best friend always comments that the hair on my arms is decidedly ginger. He is not bullying, just fascinated that my arm hair shows no sign of greying. My cousin's granddaughter had the most amazing Titian-red hair throughout her childhood, but it darked as she grew up. It seems that a lot of red-heads experience this, so having the name Rusty when your hair has turned brown would be odd.
I never realized that was normal for redheads to get darker as they age. But my ex had bright red hair in high school... I don't think he ever showed me pics of him as a child, but his mother had his senior portrait over the fireplace and it was bright red. When we met when he was in his 30's it didn't have much hint of red left.
This is also common in blonds. Their hair can be almost white and then darken as they age. Even at a fairly young age.
I went to school with a kid named Russell “Rusty” Steele. It’s much more common in the U.S.
I also knew a kid named Randy Venus. Not kidding.
My name is Kandy. I've been teased my whole life. I was into gymnastics. So when I would use the uneven bars. Or just regular twirling bars. People would say I was a stripper. I'm not 44 and am starting to become more accepting of my name.
This is the second video of yours I've watched. You've earned my subscription.
I *chose* the name Rusty; so at least one person did **want** this name
Oh and i do have red hair; red beard hair anyways, not my head hair, its black. I love that the two are offcolour from each other :3
My son is the same! His scalp hair is almost black, but his beard is curly and flaming red! I think it's cool.
Only last year I found out that the grandmother I was told was half Cherokee, actually was 100% Welsh. I like to think maybe our Welsh heritage harbors a bit of Viking, maybe even N. African. My grandmother had black hair, dk. brown eyes and brown skin.
One of my favorite people is named Rusti, and she has beautiful red hair. We love her!
I always thought Rusty was a nickname for Russell (though the obvious "rust" association does make sense). It gives me "rural Southern American" vibes too
"Look out, world. Today is the day that I become a pokemon trainer!"
There's also Rusty the diesel engine from Thomas and friends and Rusty spokes from the Loud House
Rusty from Bluey, too.
And Rusty the steam engine from Starlight Express.
When bright-redheaded baseball star Rusty Staub played for Montreal, he was called Le Grand Orange by the Francophones.
Moreno means “dark-haired” and is a common Spanish name
Don't forget Rusty Griswold and his personalized beret, lol. There was also New York mobster Philip "Rusty" Rastelli, boss of the Bonanno family.
Blond(e)s had the name Goldie
And Blondie
@@bricksloth6920 yep
From the thumbnail, I assumed this was going to be about 'Ronald', another famous redhead.
As a redhead I can confirm that there's plenty of targeted bullying due to my hair color alone. Even here in the U.S. It's a big thing, we just don't have the same nicknames here...
I have been involved in projects for more than 30 years, last one in 2016, so when i was involved in a project last autumn it was many years since last, only 2 weeks ago a young guy in my office complained about my work and i excused myself saying i was a little rusty, then he replied angry, "i am rusty too!"
Not sure he knew what it meant
Still not as bad as Karen these days.
What's up, Mr. Beat?
There was formerly a brand of automotive undercoating and rustproofing service in the US called "Rusty Jones."
8:28 I heard the phrase "Redheads steal your soul"
One for every freckle we have. 😉
Rusty is also the name of a red kelpie from _Bluey_ who was originally meant to be the main character according to its creator Joe Brumm. His dad (voiced by the original Blue Wiggle, Anthony Field) is in the army and Rusty himself plays cricket like Ricky Ponting.
Awwww this makes me a wee bit sad. One of the nicest people Ive known is named Rusty.
Personally I associate the name with 1989 NASCAR champion Rusty Wallace. So I for one certainly wouldn't mind having the name.
Patrick what’s your go to site for those name rankings? Also, can you talk about like the least used names of 2023 and, as a challenge, can you PR them out so maybe next ranking update they’ll get a boost?
There absolutely is a given name related to blond hair - Finn, and its feminine counterpart Fiona, from the Irish _fionn,_ meaning pale or bright
Don't forget the Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweikart (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Schweickart), who is also a redhead named Russell.
Rusty Kuntz is a current MLB Coach and former player
This video is way more relevant for the UK than it is for the USA. At least in older generations in the USA, neither Rusty nor Ginger as nicknames are associated with red hair as much as they are in Britain. I am 72 years old; I was an adult before I realized that some men called Rusty got that as a nickname from hair color. Most men I knew called Rusty were Russell on their birth certificate, and I think many Americans still primarily think of Rusty as a pet form of Russell rather than as an indication of hair color. (Note the character Rusty Griswold in the "National Lampoon Vacation" movies is officially a Russell.) The same with Ginger -- my 1987 Random House unabridged dictionary actually says Ginger as a female name is "a form of Virginia or Regina" and does not give "redhead" as one of the definitions of the word "ginger." Calling redheads "gingers" is a Britishism which has only become commonly used in the USA within the last few decades. The famous American actress Ginger Rogers was indeed "Virginia" on her birth certificate and was not a redhead but a blonde. Americans with red hair usually just get "Red" as their nickname if they get one from their hair color. So I do not think the decrease in people called Rusty or Ginger has much to do with prejudice against redheads on the western side of the Atlantic.
Isn't "Rusty" more of a nickname? That might not show up in the statistics?
I know a NBA TH-camr named Rusty. he seems to be pretty confident in his name
I do have to poke a hole in your assertion that other hair colours don’t get names, I’m afraid. For instance, the name attributed to multiple cultures of Bruna means “brown”, Ciarán from Irish Gaelic means “dark haired”, the Roman Flavian means “yellow haired” (of course not in common use, but the above two are), and on it goes.
In terms of names that are also adjectives, I thought this was going to be about "Randy"/"randy". An innocent name on one side of the pond, and quite a different connotation on the other.
i once knew someone named Rusty Dusty Carr and as no one will be surprised to find out, he absolutely despises his name
wait why did i get a name explain ad on a name explain video- nevermind it was a youtube glitch
the part about redheads being bullied reminded me of this, I once had a friend who was a redhead, had very pale skin, and red freckles and me and all his other friends called him a leprechaun. Just felt like sharing
"Rusty" happens to be the nick-name of the protagonist (who was indeed a red-head) in the novel "A Place Called Home" by Michelle Magorian.
It is what she was called by her foster family in the US after she had been sent there by her mother from the UK during the WWII.
And in the end, she seemed to be more comfortable with her nick-name than with her real name: Virginia.
But it wasn’t easy for her when she returned to the UK after the war ended and everybody expected her to fit in and not even keep her nick-name...
I was a redhead, was bullied for it and my freckles, but faded to a yellow golden blond.
My sister kept her red colour well, was also bullied, and had two Dutch songs that could be used.
"Meisjes met rode haren (die kunnen kussen, dat is niet mis)" by Arne Jansen.
And "Linda" by the Frank Boeijen Groep.
And the Portuguese/ Spanish Linda ofcourse, which is quite beautiful 😊
And my name is called often too:
"On my mark"
"Mark my words"
"Mark One Eyball"
"A Mark of Excellence"
And so on!
Thanks for the informative and fun video again!
I have a cousin named Orestes, but people in the town he immigrated to thought "Rusty" was close enough and easier to pronounce... so now he's Rusty
In the US there was a car rustproofing company called "Rusty Jones" the titular cartoon "spokesman" was, of course a red head!
Nicknames are great IMHO. Back when I was a kid anyone with a surname pronounced as ROADS was Dusty and younger brother was Rocky. Redheads were Rusty, Red, Copper Top, Carrot Top. Nicknames were not always welcomed but once a kid took ownership of it any sting was gone.
South Park did not cause hatred for red head's. That's ridiculous. They made fun of existing stereotypes. It's called social commentary.
Rusty Coin is a minor character in BFB 24 who also appears in the Fish and Chips short.
My nickname has always been Rusty. It's just a derivative of Russell.
There are some Americans called Randy. Another adjective used as a name!
In America, it’s sort of a common name, but you go to Britain, and it takes on a whole new meaning.
Perfect name for a fiery ginger kitten - only for it to be abandoned when he runs away to live with feral cats in the woods about 10 pages in
"Blondie" was a 1930s comic strip about a blonde housewife and mother. People used to think the band Blondie was named after blonde lead singer Debbie Harry, but that wasn't true.
My dad had auburn hair, which I forgot about until seeing an old photo. That may explain why my third daughter had white-blond hair as a toddler; it’s brown now. My fourth girl was born with red hair but it changed to light brown quickly. My brother & I both have brown hair. He married a red-head & both their girls have red hair.
I’ve known a red-haired Russell but no Rusty’s.
My paternal grandpa had red hair (his given name was Raymond, but Red was his nickname). My dad is blonde & my mom is brunette; my brother is still blonde, but my blonde hair has developed a red tint in the past 10-15 years. Even though my dad & brother are only carriers of the red hair gene, they both have traits that usually accompany red hair: mouth problems & sensitivity to sun.
What about Russell as a name? It seems to me that could lead to Rusty as a nickname.
I'd name my child Rusty, but I don't live in an English-speaking country, so it would be a bit weird.
Great video.
I genuinely never knew Rusty was even a name until I saw this video
I’ve read that the late KISS drummer Eric Carr (born Paul Caravello) had wanted to have the stage name Rusty Blade, but was nixed by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. The name was utilized later by Carr as an alias when checking into hotels when KISS was on tour.
When I was in high school we had a red-haired Boykin Spaniel (the whole breed has the same color, auburn curly coats, I always say ours looked like Ralph from the Muppets). His name was Rusty.
We were working on something on the farm this one day, and this man walked up towards us and our hyperactive little dog started barking amd running over to him. We started calling Rusty back. The man said, "I assume you are talking to the dog. My name is Rusty, too." 😂
the Real Deal Baseball himself?
Remember the M*A*S*H episode on which they all died their hair red to resist the proliferation of army green, and the officer who came by just happened to have red hair? One of their best episodes.
Idk, it's a pretty cute name. Would give it to an almost fire red cat.
Thanks to Armored Core 6 Rusty is a cool name now. He's a buddy that won't miss.
I thought Patrick was going to go yhe Riusty is the shortened version of the name Russell route. I know that's somewhat of a predictable "eazy road" etymology. I would have never thought Rusty was an adjective for someone with Red hair, but I can see it, however i like Ginger more.
There was a guy in the town I grew up in named Rusty Pipes. I never knew him well enough to know if his actual forename was Russell or something else (he wasn't a redhead), but his surname was Pipes.
Good or bad name for a singer depending on how you look at it
I used to work in the administration of a language school, and always felt so sorry for foreign students whose names had off-colour meanings in German or English. 😢
At least in my experience in the US (mostly in the south) the name Rusty (which was almost always a nickname for Russell) wasn't really associated with red hair, but did tend to be associated with the more working class communities. Then again, so was the name Russell itself, thought that might have a been a thing in my area, and I think in other places, Russell is considered a fairly posh name. Eitehr was seen as kind of old-fashioned, though. (i.e., if you just said the name "Rusty" people were likely to think of an older (60-ish) working class man.)
Rusty learned the hard way that he shouldn't go Full House by teasing Steph that he would kiss her at new year's midnight...
Onion-breath Steph snogged him so hard he jumped a mile, screaming for "Mommy!"
Rusty may used as a Nickname mostly in some American movies, I have heard it several times, it may mean one who wasn't good at something as they were before
I'm ginger blond with a massively ginger beard. One of my friends used to call me Kupfer Josef (copper Joe/Joseph), which I always found hilarious. Oh, and my name isn't even Josef to begin with. 😄
My memory of the name Rusty is a character from Ruskin bond's writing, the adventure of toto...
Blondie or Goldie are names for blond-haired people
I heard that the whole redhead hate came from the idea that Judas had red hair. Has anyone else heard this?
Rusty is a name I associate with old men. But not just any old man. Rusty is the kinda guy to work at a mechanics garage, have a beer belly and an old 1997 Ford he won't get rid of, and he probably has a Rottweiler on a chain in front of his double wide
Is Rusty's truck also rusty?
Did he just say "Rusty! Rusty! Rusty!!"😂😂
Rusty can be short for Russell or something similar. The late radio host Rush Limbaugh (III) went by Rusty as a kid.
Sometimes those with extremely light or dark hair get called Whitey or Blackie. E.g., the baseball pitcher Whitey Ford. Blond(e)s might be Goldie. Brown hair is too common to notice, but some get the nickname Brownie for other reasons. Tupperware saleswoman Brownie Wise was using the name she was given at birth, though.
Were gingers named after the spice ginger?
Of course
Phwew... I glad you choose saxophone as your example for a rusty skill. You could have chosen trombone, either accidentally or intentionally :-D .
On M-G-M Records catalog number 10061 Sam Nichols plays on side A "Red Hair And Green Eyes" with the B side "Ain't That Too Bad" from 1947 and it's pretty good and I believe it's related to the feelings of women who are "Rusty"/Red heads!! Also Blondes have Blondie and a song stemming from the French/Creole "(Our Own)Jole Blon" by Roy Acuff on Columbia Records catalog number 37287 with the B side being "Tennessee Central(Number 9)"… which if you are unaware, I have in my possession!! 😮😮😁😁
Edit: as far as my own name, Jeremiah Scott Norris… my father says he named me after "Jeremiah Johnson", my mother on the other hand said I was named after Jeremiah(The Weeping Prophet) from the Bible… Norris, I'm not sure where the surname came from, but my grandfather from my father's side of my family is from Augusta Georgia… and I never asked about my middle name… maybe I'll ask later?? 🤔🤔
I had an orange and white cat named Rusty, after the main character of Warriors
Rusty, dusty and lucky are dogs in bluey 😅
Aren't the much more common names of Rory, Rufus and Ruaridh the real names meaning red?
What about persons with names that fits there profession, here we have/has a metrologiskt with the family name 'Storm'
Is the ginger ale made with real gingers?
my best male friend in elementary school had a twin brother named Russell who everybody called Rusty and he was a right pain in the ass particularly toward me because he was Jealous of his twin brother Seth because his best friend was a pretty little brunette girl with blue/grey eyes
I know Rusty as a shortened version of Russel. Not just for red heads.
But there is no one ever unfortunate as the poor Rusty Nailbender, from LucasArts' "Loom" 😢
Speaking only of the US: Blondes, especially female ones are occasionally nicknamed Blondie, but it fell out of use by the late '50s because it became too associated with the newspaper comic and spinoff media. Nicknames for girls/women generally fell out of fashion by the '70s. Also because Blondie has a Heart Of Glass and parallel lines.
Blondes, especially males with very light blond hair, were sometimes given the nickname Whitey, but that fell out of favor in the '60s because of racist overtones.
starlight express..
You actually can be named for being blond.
"Blondie" is perhaps more of a nickname, but there was that one comic character from the eponymous comic strip. Idunno if there are real people named Blondie.
Also there is Finn, a Celtic name that means blond. Presumable why the protagonist of Adventure Time was named that, he had blond hair under his silly little cap.
You're welcome! 😊
Every Rusty I've ever known was actually Russell. Not a one of them with red hair.
Russell. The name Rusty is just a nickname for Russell. I doubt many people are actually named Rusty at birth, but rather Russell.
"It's just that, a theory..." ***A NAME THEORY*** >.>